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You turned into a hero when I wasn't watching.

Tamora Pierce

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Tamora Pierce
Age: 69
Born: 1954
Born: December 13
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Wouldn't-- Kel began to say, but the words stuck in her mouth. She swallowed and tried again. Wouldn't it be well, not nice to flirt with somebody you don't want to fall in love with?
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You know something? There are sandstorms that strip man and horse and bury them — I've seen them. I saw bones piled higher than my head for the folly of a bad king and those who wanted his throne. I lived through a blizzard that froze every other living creature solid. Against those things, you're only a man. I can deal with you.
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Threats are the last resort of a man with no vocabulary.
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it's your own fault for encouraging him..., you know. Now he thinks he's a human being. Neal of Queens cove
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Girl, boy or dancing bear, you're the finest page-the finest squire-to-be-at court. (Jon to Alanna)
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He's just rather more lively than most fossils.
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Curiosity killed the cat,” Fesgao remarked, his dark eyes unreadable. Aly rolled her eyes. Why did everyone say that to her? “People always forget the rest of the saying,” she complained. “‘And satisfaction brought it back.
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Books are still the main yardstick by which I measure true wealth.
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Never break a promise to an animal. They're like babies—they won't understand.
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Does anyone in this land act like they're supposed to?
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I come from a dysfunctional family, so my views of parents and parenting used to be highly mixed.
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And if they don't believe us, I can give them the ghost eyes, you can go all big and threatening, Farmer can do his cracknob simpleton, and my lady can don her nobleness. We'll do all right.
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I wish you would thrash him. He deserves it. She looked back at him. I will one day, sir. I'm getting tired of falling down.
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Waves are the voices of tides. Tides are life, murmured Niko. They bring new food for shore creatures, and take ships out to sea. They are the ocean's pulse, and our own heartbeat.
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But, Sergeant Osbern, Sir, I like my head.
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As long as there's life, there's hope.
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Most humans think the appearance of quiet is quiet. They do not see that sometimes the enemy is as quiet as the serpent. Only when it has stolen all of their eggs will they know bad walks in the quiet as well as the noisy.
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She would have kissed him, if she kissed stupid men.
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